Vandalia Community Unit High School

REMINDER: VCHS Picture Day will be on Monday, March 22, 2021. All individual portraits(grades 9-11) will be taken as well as all Sports and Club pictures. Picture Day Packets can be picked up from the VCHS Office or you can order online with the information below.

Mrs. Whitehead's Science Class learning about the laws of motion by building paper rollercoasters. Check out the videos on our Facebook page!

Senora Thompson's Spanish 3 Student Posters. Check out all of our pictures and videos on Facebook!

Mrs. Wakefield's Biology students studying ecosystems and effects of pollution. Check out all of our pictures and videos on Facebook!

VCHS is excited to announce another avenue for our fans to purchase Vandal Garb. Our partner, Jostens, now offers our fans to select from various styles and colors of the finest in school spiritwear. https://schoolstore.jostens.com/collections/vandalia-comm-high-school-1073685

3/12/21 Fayette County COVID Update

Starting Monday, March 15th Vandalia School District #203 is excited to welcome all of our students back to school to our In-Personal Learning model 5 Days a week (Monday - Friday)! School Dismissal times are as follows (same as 3rd Quarter): * VES: 2:15pm (Early bus/pickups/walkers)/ 2:32pm (late bus) * VJHS: 2:32pm (4th grade early bus/pickups/walkers at 2:15pm) * VCHS: 2:38pm

VCHS Soccer @ Gillespie has been cancelled for tonight, Thursday, March 11th.

Please see below for our next flash sale! This sale will start on 3/15 and end on 3/16 at 11:59 pm EST. We are offering 20% off EVERYTHING, no minimum order required. http://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/illinois/vandalia/vandalia-high-school

VCHS Picture Day will be on Monday, March 22, 2021. All individual portraits(grades 9-11) will be taken as well as all Sports and Club pictures. Picture Day Packets can be picked up from the VCHS Office or you can order online with the information below.

3/5/21 Fayette County COVID Update

Please see below for our next flash sale! This sale will start on 3/7 and end on 3/8 at 11:59 pm EST. We are offering 20% off EVERYTHING, no minimum order required. http://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/illinois/vandalia/vandalia-high-school

Vandalia Community High School is excited to announce we are allowing our fans to come to our home games! Effective Monday, March 8th we are allowed to fill our gym with 25% capacity. Please note the following rules that need to be followed while attending games: - Please wear masks appropriately and social distance. Bleachers have been marked with appropriate spacing - please sit on the green x’s - All VCHS students who are coming to watch the game will sit in the east bleachers - All other fans will sit in the north and south bleachers - Elementary and Jr. High students will not be allowed to attend the game unless they are with a parent. They must sit with that parent. By following these simple rules we can keep our games open to fans! Let’s work together and do this.

Vandalia Community Unit School District #203 has made the decision, starting Monday, March 8th, to begin allowing home spectators to indoor and outdoor High School and Junior High sponsored athletic events at 25% capacity of each facility. For the High School gymnasium, this would amount to allowing up to 500 spectators, for the High School football field allowing up to 500 spectators and at the Junior High gymnasium allowing up to 165 spectators. Consistent with our actions this entire school year, we continue to make evidence based and data driven decisions that are in the best interest of our students and staff. As we continue to track all COVID related metrics for Fayette County, we are encouraged by the downward trend of COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates. Vandalia Community Unit School District continues to emphasize it’s commitment to the health and safety of our students, staff, student-athletes, parents, families, and visitors. It is because of this commitment we want to be sure that ALL of those in attendance continue to follow all Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Board of Education recommended COVID mitigation guidelines. Guests can help achieve this goal by having family units sit together in the clearly marked areas of the bleachers to maintain appropriate social distancing, ensuring everyone properly wears their mask or facial coverings at all times, and, most importantly, displays excellent sportsmanship towards all the student-athletes and officials. We all look forward to continuing down this path to normalcy and appreciate the support and encouragement to our students, teachers, and staff we receive from all around Vandalia. #VandalStrong

This month we are offering 20% off on your Sideline Store purchase of $80 or more! The below promotion is good for the entire month of March. This will end on 3/31/21 http://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/illinois/vandalia/vandalia-high-school

Here is the link to view tonight's board meeting at 5:00pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28XerqzaZms

2/19/21 Fayette County COVID Update

Please see below for our next flash sale! This sale will start on 2/20 and end on 2/21. We are offering 20% off EVERYTHING, no minimum order required. http://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/illinois/vandalia/vandalia-high-school

HEY VCHS! We hope you are enjoying some snow! Just a reminder that FFA Week starts MONDAY(Feb 22)! Check out the info below! There will also be a food drive competition for all 1st hour classes! Bring in canned goods/boxed food items Mon - Wed. Winning class gets donuts!

VCHS Students and Parents/Guardians, On Tuesday, 2/16 the Vandalia Community Unit School District Board of Education took action in requiring students that are currently remote learning to return to in-person learning for the fourth quarter which is March 15. Vandalia School district will be attending five days per week during the fourth quarter for all students. School begins at 8:05am and dismissal time will be 2:38pm for grades 9-12. We will continue to practice as many of the mitigation strategies that we can such as wearing masks, frequent hand washing, and sanitizing high touch surfaces throughout the day. We are very excited to bring all our students back into our buildings. Students need to be face to face with their teachers and to get back into a normal routine for their social-emotional health. If you have any questions, please contact gkrueger@vandals203.org or rprotz@vandals203.org